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Welcome to Creative Hastings - promoting the arts in the beautiful district of Hastings right in the heart of Hawke's Bay.
Exhibitions
We invite you to visit the exhibitions in the Hastings Community Arts Centre, located in an absolute gem of a Spanish Mission building in the centre of Hastings City. The arts centre showcases the talent of Hawke's Bay with exhibitions changing every two weeks. Go to the exhibitions link on the left to see our calendar of coming shows.
Events
Creative Hastings presents HBS Bank Summer in the Park
Free concerts -
at Cornwall Park Hastings: 3pm
Sunday 12th February: *Country at Cornwall.*
The Fletcher
Whanau and Borderline.
Bring your line dancing gear!
Sunday 19th
February: *Legends at Cornwall*
Hear Midlife Crisis, JR and The Mirrors
perform.
Sunday 26th February: *Jazz at Cornwall.*
Hawke's Bay Big
Swing Band.
Groove to the sound of a live Big Band..join in the
swing.
ALSO
*LIVE@5 - HB Opera House Plaza. 5pm
- 7pm
*Brilliant free live entertainment
Great place to meet clients,
staff and friend to chat, network and
"chill" in preparation for the
weekend.
*Friday Feb 17th The Other side of Deco.*
Think Speak
easies, Gangsters - Bonnie & Clyde.
Music by Dave Atkin.
*March 16th
- Get in touch with your Irish side. Get a little green!
*Friday April
13th: The Perfect Black Friday
*The Foyer Bar and Opera Kitchen will
both be open*
HB Live Poets
Monday
February 13th - Poetry of
Love
Love, Love, Love – It’s all you need.
Naughty or Nice, Fun or Fetish, Consumate or Conned - Love has always
been a poem worth writing. Our AGM
starts the evening (see below) and Chocolates will keep it going!
Monday
March 12th – 20 year Birthday
It is a special
pleasure to welcome our Founding Father, Keith Thorsen as Guest Poet
tonight. Keith is a nationally
recognised Performance Poet and most of you will already know just how
wonderful his poetry is. Bring a friend
– this night will be one to remember!
Supper provided.
Monday April 9th
- Chocolate Fish!
Our famous Chocolate
Fish Evening! Catch yourself a chocolate
fish by using one or more of these lines in an original poem. If your poem is published or performed
anywhere else, please remember to acknowledge the source of any lines
used. Thanks to the Committee for
choosing!
"at dawn smoke
lies like memory above the houses"
from Draughty by Cilla McQueen
“then one day a
letter came” from The Lunger by Robert Service
“light travels
slowly from great distances” from Waka 85 by Robert Sullivan
“yet how beautiful
the soft-lit city” from Counterpoint by Lauris Edmond
“things forgotten
once dreamed of” from Africa by Alistair Paterson
Hawke’s Bay Live Poets’ Society - 2nd Monday of each month, Feb – Dec.
Venue: Hastings Community Arts Centre, Russell St, Hastings. Doors open 7.30pm, poetry starts 8.00pm. Audience and poets most welcome. $5 entry and cash bar with wine and juice available. Please bring a small plate of finger food to share.
Contact - Carole Stewart 845 0958 or Creative Hastings 878 9447. Committee: Carole Stewart, Jenny Dobson, Marty Smith, Bill Sutton, Marie Dunningham, Dave Sharp.
Grants
Visit this link for information about the grants we administer for community based arts events. There is also information about Creative Communities grants and a link to Creative New Zealand.
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